A mid-19th century Indian Colonial silver presentation tankard

A mid-19th century Indian Colonial silver presentation tankard,

by Hamilton & Co, Calcutta c.1854,

tapering circular form, with an upper and lower reeded girdle, scroll handle, the domed hinged cover with a flower finial, on a spread circular foot, the front inscribed 'Presented to Captain I F Atkinson in token of the sincere regard of some friends who accompanied him on his first voyage in command of the Blenheim January 1854', height 19cm, approx. weight 23.7oz.

Blenheim was a sailing ship built by T.& W. Smith at St Peter's Yard, Shields. In 1867 a cyclone dismasted her as she sailed from Madras to Calcutta.